Retama Park Race Track

Retama Park race track is a thoroughbred and quarter horse racing facility in Selma, Texas with two tracks.

It hosts some of the Lone Star state's most prestigious racing stakes,
including the Texas Stallion Stakes, Ketel One El Joven Stakes, La Señorita
Stakes, Retama Turf Breeders Cup, New Braunfels Stakes, and the Texas Hall
of Fame Stakes.

Retama Park Race Track Facts

Main
Track

:

One
mile, oval

Turf
Course

:

Seven furlongs,
oval

Distance
from last turn to finish line

:

990 feet

Retama Park Race Track Records

Thoroughbred

DIST

HORSE

AGE

WGT

TIME

DATE

2 1/2 furlongs

Texas Hope

3

107

28.20

June 28, 1998

4 1/2 furlongs

Raise a Tab

3

117

51.06

Aug. 1, 1998

5 furlongs

Teed Off

4

115

56.20

Aug. 20, 2000

5 furlongs (Turf)

Fearless Peer

7

123

56.00

Oct. 10, 2001

5 1/2 furlongs

Bailando

5

122

1:02.90

May 13, 1995

6 furlongs

Bucharest

5

117

1:08.82

May 10, 1995

6 1/2 furlongs

Heavily Armed

5

123

1:15.30

Aug. 30, 1997

7 furlongs

Bucharest

5

120

1:22.05

May 24, 1995

7 1/2 furlongs (Turf)

Call Me Wild

6

122

1:28.43

Sept. 17, 1995

1 mile

Mr. Pappion

7

120

1:36.90

May 11, 1995

1 mile (Turf)

Eagle Lake

5

122

1:34.54

Oct. 4, 2003

1 1/16 miles

Heavily Armed

5

120

1:43.20

Sept. 20, 1997

1 1/16 miles (Turf)

Fly Slama Jama

5

115

1:40.79

Oct. 4, 2003

1 1/8 miles

Fletcher's Pride

5

116

1:51.43

Aug. 14, 1998

1 1/8 miles (Turf)

Untraceable

5

115

1:48.13

Aug. 10, 1996

1 1/4 miles

Call Me Wild

6

120

2:04.01

Sept. 3, 1995

1 5/16 miles

Opening Remark

7

114

2:13.99

Sept. 5, 1996

1 3/8 miles (Turf)

Point Click

4

119

2:18.09

Oct. 18, 2003

1 13/16 miles (Turf)

Misting Rain

8

115

3:13.22

Sept. 28, 1996

Quarter Horse

DIST

HORSE

AGE

WGT

TIME

DATE

250 Yards

Arose for Jody

3

122

13.44

June 2, 2001

300 Yards

Bedazzlement

4

122

15.68

May 23, 1999

330 Yards

Roses Down

3

122

16.92

April 21, 2002

350 Yards

Thru Rebas Eyes

4

125

17.61

April 28, 2002

400 Yards

Shaky Embrujo

6

124

19.77

June 6, 2003

440 Yards

Fearless Freda

3

122

21.44

Nov. 29, 1996

550 Yards

Brasis

3

120

27.11

Nov. 11, 1995

870 Yards

Windville

4

120

44.76

Nov. 16, 1996

History of Retama Park Race Track

1995

On April 7, Retama Park race track opened for its inaugural season of racing.

On May 27, the Twin Trifecta wager was offered for the first time at Retama Park race track.

On September 25, the first quarter horse meet opened.

On September 29, the Superfecta wager was offered for the first time at Retama Park race track.

1996

On June 8, the track opened for its second year of live racing.

On August 8, Retama Park race track released plans to remain open as a training center
when not open for live racing.

On November 29, the track completed its second year of live racing, posting
dramatic increases in total wagering and per capita wagering.

On May 9, the third racing season began with Retama Park race track's first mixed
meet.

The amount of money wagered for
the year increased by 17% over the previous season.

1998

On May 1, the mixed meet began.

On June 28, figures for the mixed meet showed that the average handle on
Retama Park race track's races (from all sources) increased 37% over the previous
season; average nightly handle is $378,597 compared to $277,158 the previous
year.

On October 16, $1,825,000 was wagered on Retama Park race track's live racing,
the highest amount ever.

On October 19, the average nightly handle of $1,049,693 during the 1998 thoroughbred
meet was an all-time Retama Park race track meet record. Attendance for the season
was up 12% and the handle was up 24%.

1999

On February 16, ambitious expansion plans were announced including a plush "Players
Club" for Turf and Field Club members.

On April 23, the mixed meet began and the Players Club opened.

The record for Total Handle on Retama Park race track's live racing
was broken on the day of the 131st Belmont Stakes. $919,733 was wagered on Retama
Park race track's live racing while $223,308 was wagered on the Belmont Stakes,
the most that has been bet on a single race at Retama Park race track.

On October 22, the final Friday of live thoroughbred racing set a new
handle record. Over $2 million from all sources was bet on the 11 race card.

On October 24, the season ended with an 8% increase in handle and a 7%
increase in attendance. The total season attendance was 155,285, up from 140,285
the previous year. The total combined handle was $56,851,357 compared to the 1998
figure of $51,434,971.

2000

On January 31, fans wagered $6,454,526, which was $1.2 million over the revenue
reported in the same month the previous year.

The 2000 mixed meet was the most successful in Retama Park race track's
history. Compared to 1999, attendance was up 9.3%; live handle was up 4.5%
and total average handle ($581,147) was up 5.5%.